{"id":2398,"date":"2017-10-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/niantic_ceo_on_the_near_future_of_pokemon_go"},"modified":"2017-10-13T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T06:00:00","slug":"niantic-ceo-on-the-near-future-of-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/13\/niantic-ceo-on-the-near-future-of-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Niantic CEO on the Near Future of Pok\u00e9mon GO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Pokemon GO\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/niantic_ceo_on_the_near_future_of_pokemon_go\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/niantic_ceo_on_the_near_future_of_pokemon_go\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon GO\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A little while back, dataminers uncovered information in a new update to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\">Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/a><\/strong> that suggested the impending release of the Hoenn region Pok\u00e9mon in the game, though nothing has yet come of it. Pok\u00e9mon GO has continued to evolve and change gradually over time, although it\u2019s been a while since the game has seen any sort of sizable update after the addition of Legendaries and Raid Battles. Even so, recent comments from Niantic\u2019s CEO, John Hanke, suggest that this may change soon.<\/p>\n<p>Hanke recently talked to Business Weekly about the app, and laid out a rough plan for what we can expect to see in the game in the coming months. First off was a hint that more Pok\u00e9mon are coming, likely referring to the Gen III Pok\u00e9mon that have been found in the game\u2019s code already. Here\u2019s what was said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There is a lot of Pok\u00e9mon that have not yet been launched. So, I think the next secret weapon will be launch of the next Pok\u00e9mon generation. I hope the players will soon see them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the future, meaning 2018 and on, Hanke mentioned the team is \u201cplanning on developing a new battle mode\u201d when asked about the implementation of PvP battles, and he also expressed desire to increase social interactions within the app now that Raid Battles are in the game.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Do you still play Pok\u00e9mon GO? How long do you think it\u2019ll be before we see these features? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little while back, dataminers uncovered information in a new update to Pok\u00e9mon GO that suggested the impending release of the Hoenn region Pok\u00e9mon in the game, though nothing has yet come of it. Pok\u00e9mon GO has continued to evolve and change gradually over time, although it\u2019s been a while since the game has seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}